Meditation Stories: The Bird’s Eye
About 5000 years ago the great acharya (teacher) Drona decided to test his students' skill in archery. To test their aim he set up a wooden bird as the target on a distant tree and invited his studen ...
Meditation Stories: The story of Zazen
Once a Zen master noticed a monk trying too hard to meditate. So he interrupted the monk and asked: "What are you doing bhikhu (a wandering monk that takes alms)?" "I am meditating to become a ...
Memento Mori – Memento Vivere
Memento Mori a Latin phrase meaning "Remember Death" has been – since the mediaeval times – an anchor used philosophers and ascetics alike as a constant reminder of death and decay aiding them to shi ...
Five ways MEDITATION Apps ruin us
Meditation and mindfulness have been around for thousands of years, with their origins in Dharmic traditions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. In recent years, however, there has there been a surge in p ...